Note that in every so-called Trump Flip-Flop, Trump winds up in a much better relationship and/or a much stronger negotiating position with some former adversary.

What critics fail to realize, still, is that Trump is no Politician, i.e., he has no real political ideology as such. He's a Capitalist as a practical matter, not an ideological one. Capitalism works; Socialism doesn't. Very simple; nothing to it. As a practical matter, Trump has mastered the art of the deal. What he does is deals, not politics. The "Establishment" doesn't get it, because the "Establishment" is totally political, and thus, totally impractical.